What you need to know for the week of March 30 to April 5

Traffic volumes update

Traffic volumes continued to decrease after Governor Inslee’s shelter in place order, which was given Monday, March 23.

By Friday, March 27 traffic volumes on the I-90 floating bridge decreased by 65 percent and on SR 520 77 percent compared to numbers in February.

Traffic along I-5 in Everett continued its downward streak, falling 56 percent while traffic on I-405 through Bellevue declined by 60 percent.

I-5 Seattle to Everett

• No construction activities that affect travel.

SR 99

• No construction activities that affect travel

Mountain passes

• SR 410/Chinook Pass and SR 123/Cayuse Pass are closed until spring 2020. 
• The final 2.7 miles of SR 542/Mount Baker Highway, commonly known as the road to Artist Point, has closed for the season due to winter weather conditions until spring 2020.

Looking for updates?

• For real-time updates, follow @wsdot_traffic on Twitter, visit the travel alerts page and download the mobile app.

The latest in and around Northwest Region from the WSDOT Blog:

• Keeping rest areas clean for freight haulers during COVID-19
• Partnering to help keep freight moving